Acts 16: 14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth. 15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard. 16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. We again see the common theme of the calling and sovereignty of God in the context of this passage as well (God...has chosen you). Verse 16 presents us with a significant construction in the original language. The terms arise and call (anastas and epikalesamenos) are aorist participles; be baptized and be cleansed (baptisai and apolousai) are aorist imperatives. These terms form two sets--the first, arise and be baptized, the second, wash away your sins, calling upon the name of the Lord, or more literally, wash away your sins, having called upon the name of the Lord. The remission of sins is effected by calling upon the name of the Lord in this passage--it is represented, as elsewhere, by baptism. One thing is for certain: given what we have seen previously of Pauls own theology of justification, he certainly did not interpret Ananias to be teaching any form of baptismal regeneration! James White
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 14:25:45 +0000
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